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ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,105, dated March 6, 1888.

lApplication led October l, 1887. Serial No. 251,262. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN DUBooE, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Advertising Apparatus; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of devices, especially of an optical nature, which are designed for attracting the attention for purposes of amusement, or more particularly for advertising; and myinvention consists,in connection with suitable relieoting surfaces or mirrors and distorting-glasses, of a rotary design placed in such relation thereto as to have its figures, letters, and other characters thereon refiected and presented in a variety of positions andA movements, plain and distorted.

My invention also consistsin the novel mechanism by which thedesign is moved,and,flnally, in the combination of a lamp or other source of light and reflecting surfaces with a rotating shade over the lamp or other source of light, and provided with designs upon its surface, which are reected in the mirrors and presented through the glasses, all of which I shall hereinafter fully describe by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line x as,V Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the propelling mechanism. Fig. iis an elevation 'of a modification of the propelling mechanism.

A is a frame of suitable character which supports the lamp B.

C is the shade for the lamp,which here represents any cylinder or frame which is supported over it, and has imparted to it a r0- tary motion in a manner and by a mechanism which I shall presently describe. Upon the surface of this shade is depicted a variety of figures, designs, and letters of an amusing, instructive, and advertising nature.

Supported by the frame A and back of the shade of the lamp are the curved reflecting surfaces or mirrors D. These are so arranged as to reflect the designs on the moving shade, so that they can be seen from the front. rIhe mirror on the left hand I prefer to have with a smooth surface, while that on the right hand I prefer to have with a broken, bent, or corrugated surface in such a way that the figures Aheighten the effect I secure or paint on the surface ofthe mirrors arailng, (represented by d,) both being in such a position that the feet of the figures will he reliectedin the inequalities and through the railing, and will be given a seeming motion, as in walking or running. The pattern on the shade is also reflected in a variety of curious and interesting ways.

To the front of the frame, and just in front of theshade, is secured a glass, E, the surface of which is corrugated, and the design on the shade appearing through this corrugated glass is seen with a curious effect ofa wavy motion, which is fully described in my Patent numbered 347,926, dated August 24, 1886. Across the center of this glass (here placed behind it) is a second corrugated glass, e, the corrugations of which meet those of the glassE at an angle,

so that the feet of the gures seen through the double glass seem to be moving; and to heighten this effect I have a railing, e', on the double glass. l

I may inclose the entire shade, though I have herein shown the base of the shade as cornpletely exposed, and on this lower portion I place the advertising characters, the Lipper portion of the shade being more for the purpose of attracting and keeping the attention for a few moments.

F are shields on each side of the shade and extending from the edges of the front glass.

N0w,in order to make the shade rotate with a constant though slow movement, I have, the following propelling mechanism: VSecured to the frame of the lamp is a standard, g, the upper end of which is bent inwardly and is provided with a bearing-point, G. From the standard extends an arm, H, the end of which is bent over the top of the lamp-chimney and has stepped in its top a shaft, I, which carries a winged wheel, t', which is directly over the lampchimney. In the center of the top ofthe shade is supported a bearing, J, which lits on the bearing-poiiit G of the main standard, and around said bearing is a ring or annular hub, K, on iheinner surface of which the upper end of the shaft I bears, said upper end being somewhat enlarged to make a kind of roller. The hub K may be provided with wings or blades L to assist in the effect, though they are not absolutely essential.

The operation of this propeller is as follows: The winged wheel t', being directly over the chimney of the lamp, is caused to rotate by the uprising draft, thereby rotating the shaft I, to which it is affixed, and the end of the shaft rolling on the inner surface of the annular hub or ring K causes, thiough friction, the iotation ot' said hub, thereby rotating the shade. W'liile the motion of the winged wheel is comparatively rapid, the motion of the shade is much slower, as its movement is due entirely to the friction of the end of the shaft I on its hub. This motion, however, is adapted for the purpose of the apparatus, giving the obseiver full opportunity to inspect thedcsigiis. Theprimaryrotationofthewinged wheel being due to a draft., it is immaterial by what means I create said draft. Therefore, although I have herein described the draft as occasioned by a rising currentof heated air from the lamp, I do not confine myself to this, as I may arrange the part"s,as shown in Fig. 4, entirely outside of and above the rotating cylindei or shade, the winged wheel being driven by a draft through the pipe M, which corresponds to the lamp-chimney, and by this arrangement the cylinder may be driven in the day-time without employing any light.

I am aware that it is not new to communicate motion by means of a wheel deriving rotation froin an uprising current of heated air; but in my case the motion is not derived directly, but is obtained through the frictional contact of the wheel-shaft with the hub ofthe shade.

I do not confine myself to making the apparatus in exactly the forni herein describednainely, the forni of a lantern or lamp provided with a shade-for I may have an ordinary cylinder fitted over a suitable source of light-such, for example, as a gas-jet-which will also give heat enough to cause its rotation. However, in the forni I have described I deem it to be advantageous for the purposes in view.

I am aware of the existence of a rotary lantern siirioiinded by reflectors, and I do not claim such, broadly.

Having thus desci'ibed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In an advertising apparatus, the combination of a rotating frame having depicted upon its surface designs, letters, and characters of suitable description, a fixed frame, a magnifying-reflector mounted in said fixed frame and placed behind the rotating frame on one side, and a duplicating-reflector mounted in said fixed frame and placed behind the rotating frame on the other side, substantially :is described.

2. In an advertising apparatus, a rotating cylinder or frame provided on its surface with designs, patterns, letters, characters, &c., in combination with a fixed frame having .refiectors placed behind and located on each side ofthe rotating frame, and a corrugated or un even surfaced glass mounted in the fixed frame in front of the rotating cylinder or frame, substantially as described.

3. In an advertising apparatus, a rotating cylinder or frame having designs, figures, Ste., depicted upon it, in combination with reflectors mounted in a fixed frame and encircling the rotating cylinder or frame, said reflectors havinginequalitics made in them, whereby a portion of the designs or figures is given the appearance of moving, substantially as described.

4. In an advertising apparatus, a rotating cylinder or frame having designs, figures, &c., depicted upon it, in combination with encircling iefleetors mounted in a fixed frame and having inequalities made in them, and a railing representation on their surfaces, whereby a portion of the designs or figures is given the appearance of moving behind said railing, substantially as described.

5. In an advertising apparatus, a rotating cylinder or frame having designs depicted upon its surface, in combination with a fixed frame having a magnifying-reflector placed behind and to one side of the rotating cylinder or frame, a duplicating-reflector mounted in said fixed frame on the opposite side ofthe rotating cylinder or frame, and a distortiiig-inirror at the front of the rotating cylinder or frame, substantially as described.

6. In an advertising apparatus, a fixed lamp or light and a shade rotating about it and having depicted upon its surface designs, patterns, and characters, and refiectors mounted in a fixed frame and placed about said shade on opposite sides, whereby its designs are seen directly and indirectly, substantially as dcscribed.

7. In an advertising apparatus, a fixed lamp and its shade having depicted upon its surface designs of suitable character, and a propeller at thetop ofthe lamp, whereby the shade derives a rotary motion from the uprisingheatcd current of air from the lamp, in combination with reflectors and glasses placed about the shade on opposite sides for the purpose of exhibiting its designs, substantially as described.

S. In an advertising apparatus, a cylinder or frame carrying the matter to beadvei'tised, in combination with the propelling mechanism, whereby it is given a rotary niotion,con sistiiig of a wheel mounted in adraft and having a shaft, and a ring or hub carried by the cylinder or frame,and against which the wheelshaft rolls in frictional contact, substantially as herein described.

9. In an advertising apparatus, the lamp IOO and the shade carrying the matter to be advertised, in combination with the means for rotating the shade, consisting of the wheel over the lamp,whereby it is given a rotary motion, the shaft on which the wheel is mounted, the hub or ring, against the surface ofV which the shaft rolls in frictional contact, and the Wings or blades on said hub, substantially as herein described.

10. An advertising apparatus comprising the lamp and the shade surrounding thelamp and having designs depicted upon its surface, the propeller for rotating the shade, consisting of the Wheel moved by the draft, the shaft on which the Wheel is mounted, and the annu- 15 lar hub or ring in the top of the shade and on which the shaft rolls in frictional contact, the magnifying and duplicating reflecting surfaces V0r mirrors behind and on each side of the shade, and the distorting-glasses in its front, 2o

al1 arranged and adapted to operate substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof` I have hereunto set my- 

